Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 2, 2022: Nepal has been promoted from dialogue partner to observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). A meeting of the SCO foreign ministers held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on last Friday took the decision.
The decision of the SCO to promote Nepal from dialogue partner to observer is considered as a sign of Nepal’s growing international recognition.
SCO is one of the largest regional organizations in terms of geography, population, and economy after the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Nepal had joined the SCO as a dialogue partner on March 22, 2016, after signing a memorandum of understanding with the SCO Secretariat in Beijing, China.
The SCO comprises China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It is said that Nepal will be joined by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Cambodia as observers.
